good company to invest in. Prior to investing, the duties of a mutual fund manager are to examine the business environment of a potential investment. The documents that need examining are the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow sheets. This analysis will aid in the determination of the financial health of Whole Foods Market. A comparison of Whole Foods Market with two competitors—United Natural Foods and Hain Celestial Group—will be completed. Technology is important within a business environment;
Words: 2316 - Pages: 10
405 October 22, 2012 Sandra Di Pietro Reporting Practices & Ethics Paper In the health care environment financial practices and ethical care finance is very important to produce successfully organizations. In the health care industry and in any business, ethical and financial practices are adopted to increase the organization value and consumer confident as well as protected the services or products provide by the organization and maintain
Words: 907 - Pages: 4
External Auditing Midterm Exam Page 1: Question: 1. The objective of the ordinary audit of financial statements is the expression of an opinion on: | | the fairness of the financial statements | | CORRECT | | | the accuracy of the financial statements | | | | | the accuracy of the annual report | | | | | the balance sheet and income statement | | | 2. The auditor's best defense when material misstatements are not uncovered is
Words: 1655 - Pages: 7
expects to receive if she decides to sell the firm’s assets | Going Concern | Violated | 6. Raja Vatsan does not think it is necessary to prepare a profit and loss statement and balance sheet every year. He has been in business operating under the same name Raj Vat Shop for five years now and has just completed the financial reports for the three year period to show a profit of $70,000 | | | 7. The purchase of some hole punchers and staplers was recorded as fixed assets | Materiality
Words: 399 - Pages: 2
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.) Independent Auditor's ReportTo the shareholders of Fast Times Corporation,We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Fast Times Corporation as of September 30, 2009, and the related statements of income, retained earnings, and cash flows for the past year. These financial statements are the responsibility of the company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.Except as discussed
Words: 392 - Pages: 2
Financial Statements Patty Reagan ACC/561 September 24, 2012 Bethany Kessel Financial Statements The financial statements of a company give the reader a view of the financial health of the company. The four major reports are the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, and the statement of shareholders’ equity. By understanding the statements and how they relate to one another can help any individual to understand the financial position of the company and will aid in making
Words: 887 - Pages: 4
The intent of this essay is to discuss financial reporting is both a reflection and creator of our perception of social reality and is consistently evolving. By means of research of these source collections, relevant evidence is selected, evaluated and organized into three key areas: the Carbon tax legislation represents a creation of a new social reality and the impact on sustainability in business. The carbon tax would be represented in the financial reports. To introduce the particular company
Words: 2231 - Pages: 9
“earned” are quite important to understand. Under this accounting practice, revenues are recorded into the financial records as soon as the services are performed or goods are delivered, no matter whether the payment is received from the clients or not. If you have “earned” it, you better record it. On the other hand, based on the matching principle, expenses are entered into the financial system to the extent; they are utilised in order to generate the recognised revenue as above. No matter whether
Words: 476 - Pages: 2
differences can result in significantly different amounts being reported in the financial statements prepared by companies using different GAAP. II. A variety of factors influence a country’s accounting system. A. Legal system – in code law countries, accounting rules tend to be legislated; common law countries tend to have a non-legislative organization that develops accounting standards. B. Taxation – financial statements serve as the basis for taxation in many countries. In those countries
Words: 3285 - Pages: 14
Financial Analysis [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Profitability and Liquidity Ratios It is important for any company to evaluate its overall profit performance in relation to the resources available. This is usually done by calculating financial ratios relating to the profit performance of the business to overall investments which is usually called as return on investment. The liquidity ratios include current ratio and the acid test ratio. The current ratio shows the short term
Words: 1013 - Pages: 5